- •М инистерство образования и науки Российской Федерации южно-уральский государственный университет
- •Unit 1. Personality
- •1.1. Vocabulary
- •1.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate into English using new vocabulary.
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role-play "a Formal Gathering".
- •Unit 2. Travel
- •1.1. Vocabulary
- •Inoculations
- •Inevitable
- •2.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Split into pairs and act out the following situation.
- •Unit 3. Work
- •3.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role-play «Passing an Interview".
- •Unit 4. Languages
- •4.1. Vocabulary
- •4.2. Exercises
- •Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •Unit 5. Advertising
- •5.1. Vocabulary
- •5.2. Exercises
- •Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role play «Creating Adds»
- •Unit 6. Business
- •6.1. Vocabulary
- •6.2. Exercises
- •Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role play «Negotiating a Bank Loan»
- •Unit 7. Design
- •7.1. Vocabulary
- •Industrialisation
- •7.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •Unit 8. Education
- •8.1. Vocabulary
- •In order to do smth.
- •8.2 Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role Play. "a Talk in the Living-Room".
- •Unit 9. Engineering
- •9.1. Vocabulary
- •Unit 10. Trends
- •10.1. Vocabulary
- •Infant mortality
- •10.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •Unit 11. Arts and media
- •11.1. Vocabulary
- •11.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role play «Interviewing a Celebrity»
- •Unit 12. Crime
- •12.1. Vocabulary
- •12.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role play
2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
“People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile.”
Lee Mildon
“I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.”
Robert A. Heinlein
“Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.”
Henry David Thoreau, Walden
“A man hasn't got a corner on virtue just because his shoes are shined.”
Anne Petry
“Just around the corner in every woman's mind - is a lovely dress, a wonderful suit, or entire costume which will make an enchanting new creature of her”.
Wilhela Cushman
“There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us and not we them; we may make them take the mould of arm or breast, but they would mould our hearts, our brains, our tongues to their liking.”
Virginia Woolf
Write an essay (200-250 words)
What are current trends in our country? What do you think about trends in general? Do you prefer starting trends or following them? Explain your opinion.
Unit 11. Arts and media
11.1. Vocabulary
artist
atmosphere
blockbuster, an immediate / science fiction blockbuster
breakdown, to experience a breakdown
celebrity
chapter
character, the main character, to relate to a character
chutzpah
criterion (criteria)
editor
episode
genre: sitcom, soap, jazz, crime, current affairs programme, reggae, reality, folk, country, hip hop, animation, soul, a hospital drama, autobiography, science fiction, opera, a sketch, a horror, a chat show, documentary, a feature film, a live radio interview, a romantic comedy, an action film, an adventure film
graphics
hero, a heroine,
issue of a magazine
journalism
masterpiece
media, a multi-media age, to play the media game,
narration
novel, to be adapted from a novel
page-turner
piece, to take occasional pieces from smb., to be paid by the piece
plot
publicity, to escape publicity, to publicise a product
recluse, a reclusive nature
revenge, to take revenge
private, right to a private life, privacy
rumour, to start a rumour, to hear roumours about
script, a terrific script, the script is based on
sequel
series
sets (the)
sound
special effects
storytelling, to convey the story, twists and turns in the story, storyline
stringer
suspense, to be full of suspense
use of the camera
to be daunted
to be popular with smb.
to bring smth. home to smb.
to cover
to deserve/ earn an Oscar/ to win an Academy award,
to dub
to expose smb. to smth.
to give/ do an interview
to have got/ stand a good chance of doing smth.,
to like/ avoid media attention
to release on DVD
to represent
to wangle one’s way into
full-length
versus, good versus evil